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US OEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
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PISGAH NATIONAL GAME PRESERVE 

REGULATIONS 



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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

FOREST SERVICE. 
HENRY S. GRAVES, Forester. 



PISGAH NATIONAL GAME PRESERVE. 



PREFACE. 



This pamphlet contains regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary of Agriculture governing hunting, fishing, and 
camping on the Pisgah National Game Preserve, North 
Carolina. It also includes rules and instructions for 
applying the regulations and information to aid the public 
in making use of the game preserve. 

The Pisgah National Game Preserve, with boundaries 
coincident with the Pisgah National Forest, was created 
by presidential proclamation October 17, 1916, following 
appropriate action by the legislature of the State of North 
Carolina and by the Congress of the United States to 
authorize the exercise of this power. The State and Fed- 
eral statutes, together with the proclamation establishing 
the Pisgah National Game Preserve, are given at the end 
of this pamplilet. 

The Pisgah National Forest and Game Preserve covers 
large portions of the upper watershed of the French Broad 
River and smaller portions of the watershed of Pigeon 

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River in Transylvania, Haywood, Buncombe, and Hen- 
derson Counties, N. C. Originally the region was full of 
game, including buffalo, elk, deer, wild turkey, bear, and 
many smaller fur-bearing animals. Buffalo and elk are 
believed to have been exterminated before the Revolu- 
tionary War. Deer, wild turkey, and bear became very 
scarce throughout the southern Appalachian region in 
the latter part of the nineteenth century, but were not 
completely driven out. The game preserve includes 
lands which had systematically been restocked with deer, 
wild turkey, and phea.sant by the former owner, Mr. George 
W. Vanderbilt. 

It is the purpose of the Government to protect the game 
on the preserve in order that here it ma> have a refuge and 
breeding ground from which to replenish the adjacent 
mountain regions. It is expected also to establish elk 
and buffalo on the game preserve in fenced inclosures, 

Verne Rhoades, 

Forest Supervisor. 



D« of D« 
APR 24 1917 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY. 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 



REGULATIONS GOVERNING HUNTING, FISHING, AND 
CAMPING ON THE PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST 
AND ON THE PISGAH NATIONAL GAME PRESERVE, 
NORTH CAROLINA. 



By virtiu^ of the authority Aested in the Secretary of 
Agriculture by law, I, D. F. Houston, Secretary of Agri- 
culture, do make and prescribe the following rules and 
regulations, effective on and after November 15, 1916, for 
regulating hunting, fishing, and camping on the Pisgah 
National Forest and on the Pisgah National Game Preserve, 
North Carolina (additional to such regulations for the 
occupancy, use. protection, and administration of the 
National Forests as are now" or may hereafter be made 
applicable to said Forest). 

The Forester is hereby authorized and directed to issue 
such instructions to the officers and employees of the 
Forest Service and to establish such procedure for the 
guidance of the users of the said National Forest and Na- 
tional Game Preserve as may be necessary to carry thege 
regulations into effect. 



4 PISGAH natio:nai. game pkesekve. 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and 
caused the official seal of the Department of Agriculture 
to be affixed this 9th day of November, 1916. 

[seal.] D. F. Houston, 

Secretary of Agriculture. 



Regulation 1. — Hunting. 

Sec. 1. No permit will be issued authorizing hunting, 
catching, trapping, disturbing, or killing any kind of game 
animal, or game or nongame bird, or taking the eggs of any 
such bird, except as provided in section 4 of this regula- 
tion. 

Sec. 2. Carrying or having possession of firearms, with- 
out the written permission of the forest supervisor, is pro- 
hibited. 

Sec. 3. Permitting dogs to run at large, or having in 
possession dogs not in leash or confined, is prohibited. 

Sec. 4. Permits may be issued for the trapping and 
hunting of predatory animals, birds, and fish, and for the 
taking of game animals, birds, fish, and eggs for propaga- 
tion or for scientific purposes. 

INSTRUCTIONS. 

Hunting of any sort except for predatory animals, birds, 
and fish, or for the transplanting of any kind of animals, 
birds, and fish, under special permit, within the Pisgah 
National Game Preserve is not allowed, since the purpose 
of the preserve is to afford a refuge and a breeding place 
for game and birds in order to stock not only the land 
within its limits but also the surrounding country. Per- 



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mits to carry firearms into the preserve should be given 

only when there is actual and urgent need for them in the 

protection of life or property or in the enforcement of the 

law. 

Regulation 2/ — Fishing. 

Sec. 1. No permit will be issued authorizing fishing, 
or catching, trapping, or killing fish, except as expressly 
provided for in and in conformity with the terms fixed 
by, this regulation. 

Sec. 2. Fishing will be permitted only with unbaited 
artificial fly hook. 

Sec. 3. Fishing for brook trout will be permitted only 
during the season May 15 to September 1, and for other 
fish during the season May 15 to October 1. 

Sec. 4. Brook trout under 6 and rainbow trout under 
8 inches in length shall be returned immediately to the 
water with the least possible injury to the fish. 

Sec. 5. No permittee shall catch more than 15 fish in any 
one day, or fish between the hours of 8 p. m. and 5 a. m., 
or in or on any portion of a stream closed to fishing. No 
fish taken under permit shall be sold or otherwise disposed 
of for commercial purposes. 

Sec. 6. No permittee will be allowed more than four 
days' fishing in any one season. 

Sec. 7. The Forester may from time to time close to fish- 
ing any stream or part thereof. 

Sec. 8. The Secretary of Agriculture will prescribe the 
total number of days of fishing that may be allowed under 
permit for each calendar year, and the number of permits 
issued and the periods specified therein will be regulated 
accordingly. 



riSGAlI NATIONAL GAME PKESEKVE. 

INSTRUCTIONS. 

The Secretary of Agriculture has prescril)ed lor the sea- 
son of 1917, 2,000 fishing days, provided that prior to July 

1 permits shall be issued for not more than 1,500 days. 

The regulation of fishing is for the purpose of preserving 
permanently this form of recreation, and of making it avail- 
able to as large a number of the public as possible. Ap- 
plications (which need not be in writing) for fishing per- 
mits may be made to the nearest forest oflicer connected 
with the Pisgah Game Preserve, who will inform the ap- 
plicant as to the procedure to be followed in transmitting 
the required charges, etc. 

Permits will be issued in the order of application, up 
to the limit of the total number of days of fishing pre- 
scribed by the Secretary for the current season. 

Kegulatiok 3. — Camimuj. 
Sec. 1. Camping except under permit is prohibited. 

INSTRUCTIONS. 

Applications for camping permits should be submitted 
in the same manner as for fishing permits. Forest officers 
will, if desired, suggest camping places and give informa- 
tion with regard to the locality. 

A' single camping permit will include not more than 
six persons or the head of a family and the immediate mem- 
bers thereof, and the erection of not more than three tents. 

A camping permit will include the privilege of using 
dead and down timber only for fuel. Green timber may 
be cut only under special permit. 



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Campers will be required to keep their camp sites in 
a neat and orderly condition, to dispose of all refuse and 
take ca«e of their fires as the forest officer may direct. 

Regulation 4.— Charges. 

Sec. 1. Except as herein provided, permits for fishing 
and camping will be issued only upon prepayment of such 
charges as may be fixed from time to time by the Secretary 
of Agriculture. 

Sec. 2. No charge will be made for camping permits 
for periods of two weeks or less. 

Sec. 3. No refund will be made on account of failure 
to utilize any permit for the full period specified therein. 

INSTRUCTIONS. 

The charge for fishing permits has been fixed by the 
Secretary of Agriculture at $1 per day for each permittee, 
with the proviso that the wife or other female member of 
the family of the permittee may be included in his permit 
at one-half of the regular charge, additional for each 
person, and that the children of the permittee under 14 
years of age may be included free. 

The charge for camping permits has been fixed by the 
Secretary of Agriculture at $1 for each week or fraction 
thereof exceeding the two weeks period for which there 
will be no charge under the regulations. 

Regulation 5. — Issue of Permits. 

Sec. 1. All permits authorized by these regulations 
may be issued by the forest supervisor or such forest 
officer as he may designate. 



8 PISGAII NATIONAL GAME PRESERVE. 

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION 
FOR THE PUBLIC. 

1. Permits may be obtained from the forest supervisor 
or any forest ranger as follows: Obtain a postal money 
order from any post office in payment of the number of days 
fisliing desired. The money order must be made payable 
to the Commercial National Bank, Washington, D. C. 
Take this money order to the forest supervisor or forest 
ranger, who. will supply the necessary form of transmittal 
to be sent with the money order and will issue the permit. 
No other form of payment than postal money order will 
be accepted. 

2. To obtain permits by mail write the forest super- 
\i8or, Asheville, N. C, for a blank letter of transmittal, 
Form 861, stating the number of days fishing desired. 
When the necessary form is obtained procure a post-office 
money order for the proper amount and forward it to the 
Commercial National Bank, Washington, D. C, and notify 
the forest supervisor. 

3. Forest officers are instructed to inspect both permits 
and the catch of fish of any person at any time who may 
be fishing in the streams of the National Forest and Game 
Preserve. 

4. Fish that are to be retained should ])e killed imme- 
diately. Fish that are to be thrown back into the streams 
should not be handled with dry hands. Always dip the 
hand in the water first. 

5. In selecting a camping place its location should be 
far enough away from the water supply as not to be objec- 



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tionable to others who may wish to camp in the vicinity 
at the same time and use the same water supply. 

6. The careless throwing out of paper bags or boxes, 
tin cans, or other litter on the roads, trails, at resting 
places, or at camping places, is not allowed. Such refuse 
should be deposited in the receptacles provided therefor. 
Where none is provided the permittee should either bury 
or burn the refuse or else hide it so that it will not be 
objectionable to others. 

7. The greatest care must always be exercised to insure 
the complete extinction of all camp fires before they are 
abandoned. Permittees under these regulations are 
authorized to build small fires and only in the open woods 
away from trees and logs. They should first scrape away 
all leaves and trash for a space of at least 5 feet. Under 
no circumstances should a fire be left unattended. Before 
leaving thoroughly extinguish the fire by pouring on water. 
Where water is not available cover the fire Avith earth well 
packed down. 

8. There are at present no boarding houses or hotels 
within the Game Preserve. There are private houses near 
the boundary in various places where comfortable rooms 
with good board are obtainable. Food supplies for camp- 
ing purposes may readily be obtained in the towns along 
the Toxaway Branch of the Southern Railway and from 
country stores located near the Forest boundaries. 

9. The logical entrances to the Preserve are from Bre- 
vard, Pisgah Forest, Horseshoe, Hendersonville, Ashe- 
^'ille, and Candler, N. C, all on the Southern Railway. 
As yet there is no mail service within the Preserve except 



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on Bent Creek. All of the ranger stations are connected 
with Brevard, Candler, or Asheville telephone exchanges. 
10. The forest supervisor's office is in Asheville, N. C. 
There are forest rangers on Bent Creek, on North and South 
Mills River, on Upper and Lower Davidson River, and in 
the Pink Beds. All of the forest officers and game wardens 
will be glad to give information for the guidance and 
assistance of the public. 



ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA 
GIVING AUTHORITY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ESTAB- 
LISH RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF GAME. 
FISH, AND BIRDS. 

AN ACT To give the consent of the State of Nortli Carolina to the makinj: 
by the Congress of the United States, or under its authority, of all such 
rules and regulations as in the opinion of the Federal Government may 
be needful in respect to game animals, game and nongame birds, and 
fish on lands, and in or on the waters 1 hereon, acquired or to be ac- 
quired by the Federal Government in the western part of North Caro- 
lina for the conservation of the navigability of navigable rivers. 

Whereas the Government of the United States, with the 
consent of the General Assembly of the State of North 
Carolina, has acquired and will acquire areas of forested 
land in the western part of said State for the purpose of 
conserving the navigability of navigable streams, and said 
lands and waters thereon are and will be stocked, natu- 
rally and artificially, with game animals, game and non- 
game birds, and fish; and 

Whereas, in order adequately to enjoy and protect the 
occupancy and use of said areas, it is important that the 



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United States be fully authorized to make all needful 
rules and regulations in respect to such animals, birds, and 
fish: Therefore, 
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: 

Section 1. That the consent of the General Assembly 
of North Carolina be, and hereby is, given to the making 
by the Congress of the United States, or under its authority, 
of all such rules and regulations as the Federal Government 
shall determine to be needful in respect to game animals, 
game and nongarae birds, and fish on such lands in the 
western part of North Carolina as shall have been, or may 
hereafter be, purchased by the United States under the 
terms of the act of Congress of March first, one thousand 
nine hundred and eleven, entitled "An act to enable any 
State to cooperate with any other State or States, or with 
the United States, for the protection of the watersheds of 
navigable streams, and to appoint a commission for the 
acquisition of lands for the purpose of conserving the 
navigability of navigable rivers" (Thirty-sixth United 
States Statutes at Large, page nine hundred and sixty-one), 
arid acts of Congress supplementary thereto and amenda- 
tory thereof, and in or on the waters thereon. 

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified 
this the 9th day of March, 1915. 

E. L. Daughtridge, 

President of the Senate. 
T. C. Bowie, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

Examined and found correct. 

Paxton, 
For Committee. 



12 PISGAH NATIONAL GAME PliESEin E. 

EXTRACT FROM THE ACT OF AUGUST 11, 1916. 

The act of Congress approved August 11, 1916 (Public, 
No. 190), provides in part as follows: 

That the President of the United States is hereby 
authorized to designate such areas on any lands which 
have been, or which may hereafter be, purchased by the 
United States under the provision of the act of March 
first, nineteen hundred and eleven (Thirty-sixth Statutes 
at Large, page nine hundred and sixty-one), entitled 
"An Act to enable any State to cooperate with any other 
State or States, or with the United States, for the protec- 
tion of watersheds of na\dgable streams, and to appoint a 
commission for the acquisition of lands for the purpose of 
conserving the navigability of navigable streams," and 
acts supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof, as 
should, in his opinion, be set aside for the protection of 
game animals,, birds, or fish; and whoever shall hunt, 
catch, trap, willfully disturb or kill any kind of game 
animal, game or nongame bird, or fish, or take the eggs of 
any such bird, on any lands so set aside, or in or on the 
waters thereof, except under such general rules and regu 
lations as the Secretary of Agriculture may from time to 
time prescribe, shall be fined not more than $500 or im- 
prisoned not more than six months, or both. 



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PISGAH NATIONAL GAME PRESERVE, NORTH CAROLINA. 

By the President of the United States op America, 
a proclamation. 

Whereas, it appears that the designation and setting 
aside of the areas in the State of North Carolina, herein- 
after indicated, for the protection of game animals, birds, 
and fish, will promote the public good; 

Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the 
United States of America, by virtue of the power in me 
vested by the act of Congress, approved August eleventh, 
nineteen hundred and sixteen, entitled "An act making 
appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the 
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and 
seventeen, and for other purposes," do proclaim that there 
are hereby designated and set aside for the protection of 
game animals, birds, and fish, all lands of the United 
States within the Pisgah National Forest in the State of 
North Carolina, purchased under the provisions of the act 
of March first, nineteen hundred and eleven (Thirty-sixth 
Statutes at Large, page nine hundred and sixty-one), 
entitled, "An Act to enable any State to cooperate with 
any other State or States, or with the United States, for 
the protection of watersheds of navigable streams, and to 
appoint a commission for the acquisition of lands for the 
purpose of conserving the navigability of navigable 
streams," and acts supplementary thereto and amendatory 
thereof, as shown on the diagram forming a part hereof, to 
be known as the Pisgah National Game Preserve. 



14 iMsiJAii xATlo^'AL ga:mk riJEs?:iivE. 

Warning is lierel:)y given to all persons not to hunt, 
catch, trap, willfully disturl) or kill any kind of game ani- 
mal, game or nongame bird, or fish, or take the eggs of aii>- 
such bird, on any lands herein designated, or in or on tho 
waters thereof, except under such general rules and regu- 
lations as may l^e prescribed from time to time by the Sec- 
retary of Agriculture. 

In witness whereof, I hereby set my hand and havi^ 
caused the seal of the United States to be afhxed. 

Done at the city of Washington this 17th day of October, 
in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred 9,pd 
sixteen, and of the Independence of the United States the 
one hundred and forty-first. 

[seal.] Woodhow Wilsox. 

Bv the President: 



Secretary of State. 



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